Everyday is a Fun Day

Strange friend, past, present, and to be;
Loved deeplier, darklier, understood;
Behold, I dream a dream of good,
And mingle all the world with thee. - Tennyson

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Comings and Goings and Upcomings

I have a few drafts that I'd been working on, but never got the time to finish my thought. A lot has changed in the past.. well, month or so. I don't think I've posted anything since doing the Bull Run Run 50 miler. I'd like to say I've been busy getting ready for MMT, but I haven't. It has probably been THE laziest taper ever known to tapers. I did participate in the 24-hour Adventure Trail Run at the end of April, where I completed 40 miles over the course of 9.5 hours - split up by 24 miles in 5:15, a 5.5 hour break, and then 16 more miles in 4 hours of running at night. I was happy with how I did.

During that time, I was also going through the interview and hiring process for a new job. The whole thing - resume submission, phone interview, face to face interview, then the 'on-site' interview with the group I'd be working with, and the job offer an acceptance - took 16 days. It started on April 8th (submitted resume via email and got a call back 90 minutes later for a phone interview) and 'ended' on April 24th. I was called in the morning and told they would be checking my 3 references. After talking with one of them (my current boss), they called back at 4:45pm to tell me I would be offered the job, and I verbally accepted.

Since then, my focus has been on filling out all the proper paper work, researching my new health care coverage options, and documenting my current job. I was on-site at the new job this past Monday and Tuesday, so I'm 2 days (if not more) behind on my documentation. I look at the list I wrote up and it's not getting smaller. For some reason, it tends to get longer.

My last day is this Friday as my exit interview is scheduled from 11am-11:30am. I will go in to say my good-byes, gather up my work issued belongings to turn in, have the interview, and leave. Once I walk out the door, I am on my way out to Front Royal for Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. Maybe it's a good thing that my mind hasn't been in the mountains. I have been too busy to focus, let alone think, about the race. Heck.. I just wrote up my packing list today. My nutrition is 'together' on the counter; it's out of the cupboards and sitting at the end of the counter. The rest of the items are in their respective drawers or dirty piles.